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union of this dog with. Mr Christopher Dixon's " Phoebe," 

 of Longhorsley, was " Piper," belonging James Ander- 

 son, of Eothbury Forest. Piper was a dog of slender 

 build, about 15 inches high, and 151b weight. He was 

 of a liver colour, the hair being a sort of hard woolly 

 lint, his ears were large, hung close to his cheek, and 

 were slightly feathered at the tip. 



In the year 1820, Mr J. Howe, of Alnwick, visited a 

 friend at Bedlington, and brought with him a terrier 

 bitch, named Phoebe, which he left with Mr Edward 

 Coates, of the Vicarage. Phcebe belonged to Mr Andrew 

 Eiddell, of Framlington, who subsequently made a 

 present of her to A insley, but from the fact of her home 

 being at the Vicarage, she was generally known as 

 " Coates's Phoebe." Her colour was black or black blue, 

 and she had the invariable light coloured silky tuft on 

 her head. She was about thirteen inches high, and 

 weighed 14lbs. In 1825 she was mated with Anderson's 

 Piper, and the fruit of this union was the Bedlington 

 terrier in question. Of the sagacity and courage of 

 Ainsley's Piper, one of their offspring, a volume might 

 be written, and to submit a list of the best known speci- 

 mens would be tedious. There were Ainsley's Eanter (of 

 Eedheugh, Gateshead), Coates's Peachem, Weather- 

 burn's Phoebe, Hoy's Eocky, Fish's Crib, and, in short, 

 a host of tried ones. 



The old and true breed is now scarce, and there are 

 few indeed, even in Northumberland, able to furnish a 

 reliable pedigree of the original doughty specimen. In 

 some instances the cross with the otter hound has been 

 indulged in, but the result was disappointment. The 



